>my gut feeling is that Debian would appreciate helping hands: Thanks for finding those links. I wasn't aware someone had picked it up.
>From what I can see, the new 2.x packages are currently waiting in Debian's NEW queue (https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html). Once they are accepted there, I assume they will be synced to the next Ubuntu development release. I've added a bug watch for the corresponding Debian report to package the new versions, which should notify once the packages are accepted and uploaded. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #991528 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991528 ** Also affects: maliit-framework (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991528 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to maliit-framework in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1946538 Title: Update to Maliit 2.x Status in maliit-framework package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in maliit-framework package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: https://github.com/maliit/framework/releases Your package is ancient. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/maliit-framework/+bug/1946538/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp